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Druga HNL
Season	2008–09
Champions	Istra 1961
Promoted	Istra 1961; Karlovac; Lokomotiva; Međimurje
Relegated	Trogir
Matches played	240
Top goalscorer	Marijan Vuka; (18 goals)
	← 2007–08 2009–10 →

The 2008–09 Druga HNL (also known as 2.HNL) season is the 18th since its establishment in 1992. Croatia Sesvete were league champions and were promoted to Prva HNL at the end of the previous season. Since Prva HNL is set to expand from 12 to 16 clubs for the 2009–10 season, this season the top four teams will get promoted to Prva HNL and the last four will be relegated to Treća HNL. The fifth placed team will also play a promotion two-legged playoff against the last placed team in the Prva HNL 2008–09.

The league features 16 clubs, playing in a double round robin league system, and will be held between 23 August 2008 (Round 1) and 30 May 2009 (Round 30).

[edit] Promotions and relegations

The following clubs have been promoted or relegated at the end of the 2007–08 season:

Promotions:
- Promoted to 1.HNL: Croatia Sesvete (as champions of 2.HNL 2007–08)
- Promoted to 2.HNL from 3.HNL: Suhopolje, Junak Sinj, Lokomotiva and Karlovac
Relegations:
- Relegated to 2.HNL from 1.HNL: Međimurje (as last place finishers in the 1.HNL 2007–08)
- Relegated to 3.HNL from 2.HNL: Vukovar '91, Belišće, Kamen Ingrad, Marsonia
Playoff
- In a two-legged promotion/relegation playoff between Inter Zaprešić (as 11th placed 1.HNL team) and Hrvatski Dragovoljac (as 2.HNL runner-ups), the former kept their Prva HNL status by beating Hrvatski Dragovoljac with 2–0 on aggregate (2–0, 0–0) on 21 May 2008.

[edit] Teams competing in 2008–09 season

Club	City	Stadium	2007–08 result	Capacity
Hrvatski Dragovoljac	Zagreb	NŠC Stjepan Spajić	2nd in 2.HNL	5,000
Imotski	Imotski	Gospin Dolac	10th in 2.HNL	4,000
Istra 1961	Pula	Stadion Veruda	3rd in 2.HNL	3,500
Junak Sinj	Sinj	Gradski Stadion Sinj	1st in 3.HNL South	3,000
Karlovac	Karlovac	Stadion Branko Čavlović	1st in 3.HNL West	8,000
Lokomotiva	Zagreb	ŠRC Hitrec-Kacijan	2nd in 3.HNL West	1,000
Međimurje	Čakovec	Stadion SRC Mladost	12th in 1.HNL	8,000
Moslavina	Kutina	Gradski Stadion	9th in 2.HNL	2,000
Mosor	Žrnovnica	Pricviće	11th in 2.HNL	2,000
Pomorac	Kostrena	Žuknica	4th in 2.HNL	3,000
Segesta	Sisak	Gradski Stadion	7th in 2.HNL	8,000
Slavonac CO	Stari Perkovci	Igralište Slavonca	6th in 2.HNL	1,000
Solin	Solin	Stadion pokraj Jadra	12th in 2.HNL	4,000
Suhopolje	Suhopolje	Stadion Park	1st in 3.HNL East	8,000
Trogir	Trogir	Gradski Stadion Sinj	8th in 2.HNL	1,000
Vinogradar	Jastrebarsko	Stadion Mladina	5th in 2.HNL	2,000

[edit] League table

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Istra 1961 (C) (P)	30	18	6	6	46	20	+26	60	Promotion to Prva HNL
2	Karlovac (P)	30	18	5	7	50	24	+26	59
3	Lokomotiva (P)	30	18	5	7	50	30	+20	59
4	Slavonac CO (R)	30	15	12	3	39	18	+21	057¹
5	Međimurje (P)	30	16	2	12	61	34	+27	50	Promotion to Prva HNL
6	Hrvatski Dragovoljac (Q)	30	13	10	7	38	36	+2	49	Qualification to Relegation play-offs
7	Solin	30	14	5	11	37	31	+6	47
8	Vinogradar	30	11	7	12	40	50	−10	40
9	Imotski	30	10	4	16	31	45	−14	34
10	Suhopolje	30	8	9	13	33	37	−4	33
11	Segesta	30	8	9	13	33	47	−14	33
12	Junak	30	9	6	15	35	51	−16	33
13	Pomorac	30	9	5	16	29	45	−16	32
14	Mosor	30	8	6	16	25	44	−19	30
15	Moslavina	30	7	7	16	33	51	−18	28	Relegation to Template:Fb competition 2009–10 Treća HNL
16	Trogir (R)	30	3	12	15	32	49	−17	21	Relegation to Template:Fb competition 2009–10 Treća HNL

Updated to games played on 30 May 2009
Source: Sportnet.hr (Croatian)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored.
¹Slavonac CO had to step back from promotion after they were not able to find a satisfiable ground.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (Q) = Qualified to respective phase of tournament; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.

[edit] Results

Home \ Away¹	HRD	IMO	IST	JUN	KAR	LOK	MEĐ	MSL	MSR	POM	SEG	SLV	SOL	SUH	TRO	VIN
Hrvatski Dragovoljac		0–2	1–0	1–1	1–0	2–1	2–5	0–0	0–0	3–1	1–1	1–1	2–1	2–1	2–1	1–0
Imotski	1–0		0–1	2–0	0–1	0–2	2–0	2–1	2–0	2–3	2–0	0–1	0–1	2–1	1–1	2–0
Istra 1961	2–0	2–1		2–0	2–0	1–2	1–0	3–0	5–0	2–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	2–0	2–2	5–0
Junak	3–1	1–0	0–2		0–2	2–1	0–1	1–1	0–1	3–0	1–3	1–1	1–3	2–1	1–1	3–0
Karlovac	0–1	3–2	4–2	2–1		1–1	1–0	2–0	6–0	2–1	3–0	1–2	0–0	1–0	2–0	2–0
Lokomotiva	0–0	2–0	0–0	4–0	3–0		2–1	3–2	2–1	2–0	2–0	0–0	4–2	3–1	3–2	1–0
Međimurje	1–2	4–0	2–0	9–1	1–2	6–1		4–1	3–1	0–1	3–1	2–0	0–1	3–1	2–0	3–0
Moslavina	1–2	4–0	1–1	0–2	0–4	0–2	3–1		2–1	2–1	4–2	0–0	1–0	2–0	1–1	2–2
Mosor	1–1	4–1	1–0	1–0	0–1	1–4	1–2	1–0		2–0	1–0	0–0	0–3	0–1	0–0	0–1
Pomorac	1–3	1–0	0–1	2–3	0–0	0–1	1–1	3–0	2–1		1–0	2–1	1–0	0–1	2–1	3–3
Segesta	2–2	2–2	0–1	2–1	1–5	3–2	2–2	1–0	1–3	1–1		0–0	2–0	0–0	1–0	1–1
Slavonac CO	0–0	2–2	0–0	1–0	2–1	2–0	3–0	2–0	2–1	3–0	3–3		2–0	0–0	3–0	3–1
Solin	2–1	3–0	0–1	2–4	2–1	0–0	1–0	0–0	2–1	3–1	1–0	0–1		4–0	1–0	1–0
Suhopolje	1–2	4–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–0	0–2	4–2	1–1	2–0	0–1	1–1	1–1		0–0	6–0
Trogir	2–2	0–1	3–3	2–2	1–2	1–0	1–2	4–2	0–0	1–0	2–3	0–1	2–2	1–1		1–2
Vinogradar	4–2	1–1	2–1	1–1	0–0	1–2	2–1	2–1	2–1	1–1	2–0	1–2	4–1	2–0	5–2

Updated to games played on 30 May 2009
Source: Sportnet.hr (Croatian)
¹The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

[edit] Top goalscorers

Last updated: 30 May 2009, after Round 30

Position	Player	Club	Goals
1	Marijan Vuka	Međimurje	19
2	Denis Ljuta	Solin	13
2	Romano Obilinović	Imotski	13
4	Pinheiro	Vinogradar	11
	Zoran Zekić	Moslavina	11
	Ivica Žuljević	Međimurje	11
	Bojan Golubović	Slavonac CO	11
8	Ivan Lišnić	Karlovac	10
9	Hrvoje Mišić	Slavonac CO	9
9	Eliomar	Međimurje	9